The Discover Central podcast takes you inside London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and gives you a behind the scenes look at the work, life and experiences of its students, staff and alumni.
With 15 courses at undergraduate level and 14 Master’s programmes, alongside an expansive and award-winning Research department, Central offers Europe’s most comprehensive choice of specialist higher education drama, theatre and performance training. Students from over 50 countries around the world come to study at Central each year, where they are challenged to be original thinkers, inventive and effective collaborators, and creative entrepreneurs who go on to make a difference.
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The Discover Central podcast takes you inside London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and gives you a behind the scenes look at the work, life and experiences of its students, staff and alumni.
With 15 courses at undergraduate level and 14 Master’s programmes, alongside an expansive and award-winning Research department, Central offers Europe’s most comprehensive choice of specialist higher education drama, theatre and performance training. Students from over 50 countries around the world come to study at Central each year, where they are challenged to be original thinkers, inventive and effective collaborators, and creative entrepreneurs who go on to make a difference.
On the third episode of Discover Central, host Scott Bellamy talks with Central's Dr Farokh Soltani (Lecturer, Writing for Broadcast Media and Performance) about working through writer's block and tapping into your creativity in lockdown. Farokh also discusses a unique playwriting project that Central's second year students are working on with Little Fish Theatre.
We also hear from Theatre Practice student Jack Freestone who offers his tips for staying healthy and connected in lockdown.
You can find out more about Farokh and his work, as well as the Drama, Applied Theatre and Education and the Writing for Performance courses at Central by visiting our website. You can also find out more about Little Fish Theatre or visit the Writing 4 Performance project website created by Central second year company B-612 Productions.
**You can access a Dyslexia-friendly transcript of this episode here; with thanks to Karim Ghazzal, Darius Gervinskas and Liv Partridge for their time and effort in putting this together.**
Discover Central is hosted by Scott Bellamy and produced and edited by Megan Hunter. Image by Patrick Baldwin. Theme music "Emotive Technology" is by High Street Music and has been used with permission thanks to Premium Beats. With thanks to colleagues and students at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Discover Central's host, Scott Bellamy
Dr Farokh Soltani
Discover Central
The Discover Central podcast takes you inside London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and gives you a behind the scenes look at the work, life and experiences of its students, staff and alumni.
With 15 courses at undergraduate level and 14 Master’s programmes, alongside an expansive and award-winning Research department, Central offers Europe’s most comprehensive choice of specialist higher education drama, theatre and performance training. Students from over 50 countries around the world come to study at Central each year, where they are challenged to be original thinkers, inventive and effective collaborators, and creative entrepreneurs who go on to make a difference.
